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My mama rocks!

  • Nov. 7th, 2009 at 9:37 PM
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Well whaddya know, a positive post from me for a change!  I may be tired and sore, but I am EXTREMELY grateful to my mother, who made the drive up here today (she's just a half hour away, but she doesn't like to drive that far at her age) to help me out around the house.  We did the laundry, four washloads worth, then she fixed lunch, partly from my fridge, partly from stuff she had brought along, then afterwards she did the dishes.  She also cooked some asparagus for me to eat later.  Then she changed out my moldy shower curtain liner and vacuumed the part of the house that I live in day to day.  By then it was time for her to go home, because she won't drive after dark, but maaaaan, what a lot to get done.  I'm still pretty hobbled by my ankle, so needless to say her efforts were MUCH appreciated.  I tried to tell her I owe her one (or ten), and she said, "But that's what mommies are for!"  LOL...

Just puttering here for a while before bed.  I had trouble with foot spasms again last night, got maybe six hours of sleep, and am fervently hoping that tonight will be the charm.

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[info]xhereonearthx wrote:
Nov. 8th, 2009 03:59 am (UTC)
awww, yay for mommies who are close by! mine is a few hours away and i miss her like crazy despite that we tend to email each other multiple times a day...

hope you rest well tonight and feel better in the morning!
[info]ecl1958 wrote:
Nov. 8th, 2009 04:40 pm (UTC)
When my folks moved here I was still up in NY, and when I first moved to the area (and decided to stay rather than go to one of the several other places I was checking out) I felt a little odd about it, like I was setting myself up for constant helicoptering, because my mom is really good at that, and it's taken me many years to train her NOT to hover, but now? She's worth her weight in gold. We e-mail only a little bit, because there's often not that much to say, and we don't talk on the phone much because her hearing is so poor, but she's there when I need her, at least within the constraints of her busy schedule and her self-imposed driving restrictions. I don't know what I would have done without her yesterday.

That's great that you and your mom keep in such close contact. Hopefully it won't be too long before you're able to move back closer to her.
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